Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01600117 · Transport & storage · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

52days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

Self-reported figure from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 26 Nov 1981
Registered office: COMPANY SECRETARIAT - THE VHQ, CRAWLEY, RH10 9DF

64 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–60 days. Reported average: 52.

Stated terms0–60d

+52 days

Reported avg52d

At a glance

The key figures

0–60d

their stated terms

71%

invoices paid outside terms

+8d

slower over the window

±13d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 89% of the 248 large companies reporting in transport & storage.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

H2 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 36% 31–60 days 37% 61+ days 27%

The read · computed from their figures

Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 52 days against stated terms of 0–60 days.

The direction is slower: from 44 to 52 days over the window — about 8 days slower.

In the latest period 71% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 27% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing 1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Unless otherwise agreed, payment for goods and/or services provided pursuant to an order shall be made within 60 days of the later of a) receipt by us of an invoice from you to us together with such reasonable supporting information as may be required by us to support each respective invoice; and b) delivery of the goods and/or performance of the services.

Dispute resolution

In the event of disputes arising between the Company and suppliers, both parties shall follow the escalation process set out in the contract. Both parties shall use their reasonable endeavours to reach an amicable resolution via this procedure. The specific format for resolution shall be left to the reasonable discretion of the relevant management level; legal action will not be initiated until escalation processes have been followed

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	52	71%	27%	31 Jul 2026
H2 2025	26	62%	9%	30 Jan 2026
H1 2025	49	83%	21%	31 Jul 2025
H1 2024	38	57%	17%	31 Jan 2025
H1 2024	37	54%	17%	30 Jul 2024
H2 2023	44	51%	14%	30 Jan 2024
H1 2023	43	53%	15%	28 Jul 2023
H2 2022	40	48%	14%	31 Jan 2023
H1 2022	48	51%	19%	29 Jul 2022
H2 2021	54	58%	23%	28 Jan 2022
H1 2021	55	64%	30%	28 Jan 2022
H2 2020	78	68%	45%	28 Jan 2021
H1 2020	45	50%	28%	30 Jul 2020
H2 2019	34	32%	11%	28 Jan 2020
H1 2019	31	28%	7%	29 Jul 2019
H2 2018	28	18%	4%	30 Jan 2019
H1 2018	31	25%	5%	30 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 52-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 52-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £20,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 52-day cycle — about £20,500 more than the same account would carry at 0-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act lets a supplier charge statutory interest and fixed compensation on invoices paid past agreed terms. Work out what a late invoice is worth → Whether it applies depends on your contract — check with an adviser.

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 8 days slower over the window (44 → 52 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 52, moving within about ±13 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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How UK payment reporting works

What is a Payment Practices Report?

UK companies and LLPs above a size threshold — broadly, two of: turnover over £54m, balance sheet over £27m, or more than 250 employees — must report twice a year, under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017, how quickly they actually pay suppliers: the average time to pay, the share of invoices paid in 30 days or fewer, 31 to 60 days and 61 days or longer, and their standard payment terms. Those thresholds apply to financial years beginning on or after 6 April 2025; for earlier financial years they were £36m and £18m, with the same 250-employee test.

What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?

The share of invoices paid later than the terms in the supplier contract. If terms are 30 days and an invoice is paid on day 45, it counts as paid outside terms, regardless of the headline average.

How often is this data updated?

Each report covers a six-month period and must be filed within 30 days of that period ending, so a company's record refreshes roughly twice a year. PaidLate re-reads the register as new reports are filed.

Is this official government data?

The underlying payment figures come from the company's own statutory filings on the gov.uk payment-practices service; company-status data comes from Companies House. PaidLate calculates trends, comparisons and summaries from those records. It does not use surveys or credit-agency scores.

How this is compiled. Built from official records only: Companies House and the gov.uk payment-practices service. The payment figures are self-reported — companies over the size threshold must file them by law and the board signs them off. No credit-agency data. The numbers are theirs; the plain-English read is ours. This is information compiled from public records under the Open Government Licence v3.0 — not a credit rating and not advice.

The 31-day comparison figure is the median across 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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